From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Dr. Volker Zell" To: PRI@cddk.dk Cc: "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com"(message from Peter Ring on 09 Mar 99 16:58:25 +0100) Subject: Re: _FANNE_Cygwin_DEV_survey Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <4798-Tue09Mar1999190417+0100-vzell@de.oracle.com> References: X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00284.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.TCHXrGLo36dqnKWq1syWmd1FDmZNlL4aURPsiglH0t4@z> >> Re text/binary: NOTEPAD is not a text editor. It is a >> bug. NOTEPAD compatibility is not a valid concern. Seriously! >> Why hang on to ancient conventions such as the distinction >> between binary and text mode? >> It is useless anyway. It _used_ to be like that if a file was >> 'text', it was ASCII (aka ISO 646) text, and could be >> transmitted safely through 7-bit channels. >> That was long ago. Most of my 'text' files use 8-bit or 16-bit >> character sets, and you have to know beforehand, 'cause the >> file itself doesn't say what character set is used. I don't >> want any automatic conversion of any characters, and I most >> certainly don't want truncation at first ^Z. >> Why should I want to open a file in 'text' mode? What if I run >> a cygwin application to write a 'text' file that is part of a >> MacOS application? I need three different record separators, >> and I can't infer which to use just from what OS the >> application is running on. BTW, this is an actual example of >> what I use cygwin tools for. Finally, somebody ... :-) >> Kind regards >> Peter Ring. Volker -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com